ULTIM’ORA: E’ Tessa Pollitt a fare luce sulle cause della morte. Ari Up non sarebbe morta per uno stato di salute irrimediabilmente serio ma per un tumore. “Ari didn’t want me or the rest of the group to tell anyone that she was ill. We didn’t realize how ill she was. Out of respect for the family I don’t really want to talk about it. It was cancer, that’s all I’ll say. Ari wa a total rebellious soul. Such a compassionate person, the original wild child if you will. And a musical genius not really given the recognition in her lifetime”.

Arrivano poi le testimonianze d’affetto di molti colleghi tra cui quella di Johnny Marr (“Respect to Ari Up. The Slits played with The Cribs last year and she was great”) e di Kate Nash (“Because of that album, I developed my musical tastes, bought records and learnt about feminism and politics and how important the link between music and those issues are. I also felt confidence as a teenage girl, I felt liberated and empowered and that I could be smart, musical and creative and that maybe somehow I could make a difference in the world too”).